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BP 1: ENGLISH GRAMMAR
1st Semester of A.Y. 2022-2023

Introduction

This module is intended for the second week of the semester on the subject, English Grammar.
This is the continuation of the Parts of Speech, which still consists of discussions and activities to fully
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grasp and comprehend the necessary knowledge, underlying English Grammar. In accomplishing this
module, the students are expected to meet the intended learning outcomes and should be accomplished a
week after it is given to the students.

Intended Learning Outcomes

A. Identified different parts of speech;

B. Differentiated each part of speech in varying uses and situations; and
C. Written entries in their journals highlighting the parts of speech.

Activity

Upon trying to learn the grammatical rules of English, you’ve probably been asked to learn the
basic parts of speech. But what really are the Parts of Speech? How many are they? How can they be
Discussion
classified?

4. ADJECTIVE – modifies a noun or pronoun. It may describe, identify, or quantify a noun or pronoun. Look
at the example below:

Examples:
 Ivana is smart. In this sentence, smart is an adjective that modifies the proper noun Ivana.
 You are beautiful. In this sentence, the adjective beautiful modifies the pronoun you.

Basic types of Adjectives

a. Proper adjectives – are words that modify nouns and pronouns. Proper adjectives are formed from
pronoun.
Examples:

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  I live in Philippines (proper noun) and I love Filipino (proper adjective) food.
 I traveled to Thailand (proper noun) and I ate Thai (proper adjective) food.
 Shakespeare (proper noun) was a great writer and I had the privilege of performing in a
Shakespearean (proper adjective) play.

b. Descriptive adjectives – are words that describe nouns or pronouns.

Examples:
 I live in Philippines (proper noun) and I love Filipino (proper adjective) food.
 I traveled to Thailand (proper noun) and I ate Thai (proper adjective) food.
 Shakespeare (proper noun) was a great writer and I had the privilege of performing in a
Shakespearean (proper adjective) play.

c. Quantitative adjectives – are words that describe nouns or pronouns. Descriptive adjectives, from
the word itself, describes the different qualities of the noun and pronoun that is being modified. Such
as: smell, taste, texture, appearance, and shape.
Examples:
 Anne is an attractive person.
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 The tall contestant stood out on the stage.

 Elvin bought and expensive bag.
 Chantal ate a delicious cake.

d. Numerical adjectives - are words that describe the number of nouns or the order of nouns being
described.
Examples:
 I have two new pairs of shoes.
 Amara bought three dresses in Gaisano mall.
 Austin is the first student to receive an award for being the best player in chess.
 I have two shades of lip tint inside my bag.

e. Demonstrative adjectives – are words used to express the relative position of a noun in time or space
(this, that, these, those).
Examples:
 Will you lend me that glass in the table?
 This cake is more delicious than that cake.
 These flowers are very elegant.
 Those children on the streets are not observing social distancing.

Order of Adjectives – Adjectives which denotes attributes, usually occur in a specific order. Generally, the
adjective order is: quantity, observation, physical description, proper adjective, material, and qualifier.

 These two beautiful brown Italian leather belt bags.

 The expensive round Japanese ceramic bowl.
 The red apple.

Determi Quant Observation/ Physical Proper Materi Qualif nou

ner ity or quality opinion description adjective al ier n
numbe (size/age/shape/col (nationality/pl
r or) ace of origin)

These two beautiful brown Italian leather belt bags

The expensive round Japanese cerami bowl

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The
red
e
appl

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 Read the conversation below:
I’d be gladder if
I’d be glad if you you give it to me
lend me a copy. first.

I think the movie

that I found is
Hello guys, guess newer.
what! I’ve found a
new movie.
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What have you observed in the conversation? How about the adjectives used? They appear in different forms,
right? Those forms pertain to the Degree of Adjectives. So what are the degrees of adjectives?

Degree of Adjective

Positive Comparative Superlative

- the original word - used when comparing two - used when comparing more than
things or items two thigs or items
happy happier happiest
new newer newest
dark darker darkest
smart smarter smartest
thin thinner thinnest

*NOTE! – Some adjectives need the word more to form comparative and the word most to form superlative
degrees.
Examples:
difficult – more difficult honest – more honest terrible – more terrible
– more difficult – most honest – most terrible

5. ADVERB – modifies an adjective, a verb, or another verb. An adverb indicates manner, (How), time
(When?), place (Where?), or degree (To what extent?).

Look at the following examples:

 The students studied hard for the online exam.

 Please listen carefully to the message of the speaker.

 Soon, the students will all become professionals.

Adverbs can also help us organize our paragraph. We have Conjunctive Adverbs such as: also,
consequently, finally, furthermore, hence, however, incidentally, indeed, instead, likewise,
meanwhile, nevertheless, next, nonetheless, otherwise, still, then, there
therefore, and thus.
Conjunctive Adverb – joins two independent clauses with the help of a semi-colon (;).

Examples: Your text here

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  It was raining hard; still the family went shopping.
 Alex wanted to travel around the world, however, pandemic came.
 It is mandated to not do face-to-face classes; so, the class will be done online.

Assessment

Journal entry # 4

Upload a photo on your Facebook account and caption it with a sentence using an adverb or an
adjective. If you are not comfortable with posting a picture, you may simply post a status using an adverb
or an adjective. Screenshot and paste it on your journal notebook. For those who can’t access an internet
connection or having a hard time with the signal, you may draw or paste a picture and caption it with the
use of an adjective or adverb.

For example:

As you can see from the caption,

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the word beautiful is an example of

an adjective.

You will be graded based on the following

criteria:

Correctness of the use of adj/adv - 20

Grammar/mechanics - 10
Total: 30 points

Resources and Additional Resources

 Bautista, V. (2008). English Grammar. Harmony Publishing House

Additional Resources:

 Basic English Grammar (2020). Eight types of adjective. Retrieved from https://www.basic-
english-grammar.com/8-types-of-adjectives-in-english-grammar-with-examples.html/

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